Nancy Pelosi comes to collect

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Freshman orientation for new members of Congress began Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The temptation of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has been ongoing.

The presumed House speaker isn’t being tempted. She is the one doing the tempting, dangling prime committee assignments in front of hungry freshmen and reminding her young new colleagues of all the campaign contributions she made to get them elected.

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